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Sónia Alexandra Morais Rodrigues

Sónia Alexandra Morais Rodrigues

Professora Auxiliar

  • Nome de Autor : Rodrigues S.M.
  • Researcher ID: A-5407-2012
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-3969-0972
  • Ciencia ID: 7519-B605-F1E7
  • Departamento: Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento
  • Grupo de Investigação: Biogeochemical Processes & Pollutants (BPP)
  • ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: AU=((Rodrigues S not Dias JM) OR (Rodrigues SM)) AND AD=(Aveiro not Dept Hlth Sci not Hosp Infante D Pedro) || Research ID: A-5407-2012

Interesses de investigação

- Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
- Soil chemistry
- Soil health
- Soil risk evaluation
- Feed and and food safety
- Environmental applications & implications of nanotechnology
- Co-valorization of wastes in the recovery of degraded soils
- Development of new materials for controlled release of fertilizers and plant protection products

Graus académicos

PhD in Environmental Applied Sciences (Universidade de Aveiro, 2010)
MSc in Environmental Management and Policies (Universidade de Aveiro, 2005)
Five-years Degree in Environmental Engineering (Universidade de Aveiro, 2001)

Atividades científicas

- Coordinator of CESAM Research Group Biogeochemical Processes and Pollutants (BPP) (2020 - to present)
- Coordinator of CESAM Research Group Environ. Processes and Pollutants (EPP) (2018 - 2020)
- Co-PI of CESAM Research Line Environmental Biology & Health (EBH) (2017-2018)
- Member of the Council of the Department of Chemistry (2014- 2018)

Current and Previous Positions:
03/2020 - to present: Assistant Professor - Dep. Environment and Planning & CESAM
04/2019 - 02/2020: Assistant Researcher - CESAM (CESAM - UID/AMB/50017/2019) & Dep. Chemistry (UA)
01/2019 – 03/2019: Invited Scientist - CESAM (UA)
01/2014 – 12/2018: Assistant Researcher (IF/01637/2013, FCT Investigator Programme), at CESAM & Dep. Chemistry (UA)
10/2015 (Oct) - 04/2016 (April): Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA
01/2011 – 12/2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Grant Awarded by FCT (SFRH/BPD/71072/2010), at CESAM & Department of Chemistry (UA) and Wageningen University and Research Centre (Netherlands)
01/2007 – 12/2010: PhD Student - Grant Awarded by FCT (SFRH/BD/30118/2006), at CESAM & Department of Chemistry (UA) and Wageningen University and Research Centre (Netherlands)

Outros

Competitive Grants:
- 01/2014 – 12/2018: “Investigador Auxiliar” (UA), “Starting Grant” (IF/01637/2013) by the Portuguese FCT IF Programme under the topic: “Pathways, transformations and availability of engineered nanoparticles in terrestrial feed and food chains”
-10/2015 - 04/2016: Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, USA under the topic: “Transformations and bioavailability of engineered nanoparticles in soils and terrestrial food chains”
- 01/2011-12/2013: Post-Doc Grant (SFRH/BPD/71072/2010) (Department of Chemistry & CESAM, UA and Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands). Her Post-Doc grant was funded by FCT under the topic: “Development of soil guidelines in view of food safety and human health protection in Portugal and in the European Union.”
- 01/2007-12/2010: PhD FCT Grant (SFRH/BD/30118/2006). PhD thesis entitled: “Contaminated Soil Exposure Assessment in Portugal and in the European Union”.

Publicações

Artigos WoS (59) Outros artigos (0) Livros (0) Capítulo de Livro (1) Teses (5) Comunicações (62) Outras Publicações (0) Relatórios (12)

Projetos

Em curso (4) Concluído (9)
MIRACLE - MIcroencapsulação de Rizobactérias e VOCs para Aumentar o Crescimento e a toLErância de plantas à seca: uma abordagem biológica para responder a uma necessidade agronómica Ver mais
EduCITY - Cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis com jogos educativos móveis em Realidade Aumentada criados por e para os Cidadãos Ver mais
BioValChar - Valorização sustentável de biomassa residual para biochar Ver mais
BESIDE - Institutional, BEhavioural, critical and adaptive economics towards SustaInable Development, management of natural capital and circular Economy Ver mais
AgriTarget - Desenvolvimento e teste de sistemas de libertação localizada, controlada, e segura de produtos agroquímicos com base em nano- e micro-engenharia Ver mais
Estudo de Recuperação de Áreas Degradadas com a Utilização de Partículas Nanoestruturadas Ver mais
NanoFertil - Effect of soil (in)organic constituents on the efficacy, fate and phytoavailability of fertilizer and plant protection manufactured nanomaterials Ver mais
NanoFARM- Fate and Effects of Agriculturally Relevant Materials Ver mais
LIFE NoWaste - Management Of Biomass Ash And Organic Waste In The Recovery Of Degraded Soils: A Pilot Project Set In Portugal Ver mais
TrophicENPs - Biodisponiblilidade e transferência de nanopartículas metálicas na cadeia alimentar terrestre Ver mais
Avaliação do Impacte Ambiental das lixiviações originadas pelos incêndios florestais Ver mais
Food Chain - Mecanismos de transferência solo-planta de elementos potencialmente tóxicos para avaliação de impactos da contaminação de solos Ver mais
SEPMERCURY - Métodos de extracção sequencial de mercúrio em matrizes sólidas para avaliação da origem, mobilidade e toxicidade Ver mais

Orientações científicas

Em curso (1) Concluído (13)
PhD (Orientador Principal): Sandra Rodrigues (CESAM member)
Master (Orientador Principal): Tiago José Tavares Teixeira (not a CESAM member)
Master (Orientador Principal): Cindy Carvalho (not a CESAM member)
Master (Orientador Principal): Nuno Miguel Cerqueira Cruz (not a CESAM member)
Project Grant (Orientador Principal): Sónia Pereira Lopes (ex-CESAM member)
3rd-year Project (Orientador Principal): João Vidal (not a CESAM member)
1st cycle Project (Orientador Principal): Marta Raquel da Costa Dias (not a CESAM member)
1st cycle Project (Orientador Principal): Tiago José Tavares Teixeira (not a CESAM member)
1st cycle Project (Orientador Principal): Fabiana Andreia Pereira Teixeira (not a CESAM member)
Project Grant (Orientador Principal): Sandra Rodrigues (CESAM member)
PhD (Orientador Principal): Nuno Miguel Cerqueira Cruz (ex-CESAM member)
Post-doc (Orientador Principal): Luís André Lima da Gama Mendes (ex-CESAM member)
Post-doc (Orientador Principal): Natércia da Conceição Tomé Martins (ex-CESAM member)
Post-doc (Orientador Principal): Flávio Castro Silva (CESAM member)

Coordenação de Projectos

2018-2021: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029258 AgriTarget - Development and testing of multifunctional carriers based on micro- and nano-scale engineering for targeted, controlled, and safe delivery of agrochemicals to crops. Coordinator: Sónia M. Rodrigues. Team: Researchers from CESAM & CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro. 


2016-2019: LIFE14 ENV/PT/000369: NoWaste - Management Of Biomass Ash And Organic Waste In The Recovery Of Degraded Soils: A Pilot Project Set In Portugal. Coordinator: Sónia M. Rodrigues. CESAM/ Dept. of Chemistry, Universidade de Aveiro. Partners: the Navigator Company; RAIZ; BLC3; EDM, IPBeja.

2016-2019: PTDC/AGR-PRO/6262/2014: NanoFertil - Effect of soil (in)organic constituents on the efficacy, fate and phytoavailability of fertilizer and plant protection manufactured nano materials. Coordinator: Sónia M. Rodrigues.Researchers from CESAM & CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro. Partners: IPBeja.


2014-2018: Pathways, transformations and availability of engineered nanoparticles in terrestrial feed and food chains. FCT Project IF/01637/2013 CESAM/ Dept. of Chemistry, Universidade de Aveiro. (Principal Investigator)

Prémios

2011:


AWARD FOR BEST CONTRIBUTION (ORAL COMMUNICATION - Presenter)


At conference "Protection of agricultural soils against joint stress of natural and anthropogenic factors". 13th - 16th June 2011, Puławy, Poland, with the following communication: Impact of soil contamination on feed and food supply chains: field data and model application


AWARD FOR BEST CONTRIBUTION (POSTER - Co-author)


At conference "Protection of agricultural soils against joint stress of natural and anthropogenic factors". 13th - 16th June 2011, Puławy, Poland, with the following Poster: Agricultural practices within urban and industrial settings in portugal: levels of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in soils and crops


2009:


THE BEST STUDENT POSTER (Presenter)


At Conference Goldschmidt™2009 - "Challenges to Our Volatile Planet", June 21 - 26 in Davos, Switzerland. The Applied Mineralogy Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland has awarded a prize for the best student presentations in session 15i Geogenic Chemicals in Groundwaters and Soils: Biogeochemistry, Hazard Mapping/risk Assessment, Remediation Technologies.

Research interests

Main research area: Soil Chemistry


The two areas of scientific activity are:

1)Environmental and Analytical Chemistry:
- Testing and validation of analytical procedures for soil and pore water analysis;
- Development of fundamental knowledge on soil chemical processes;
- Development and validation of methodologies for assessment of reactivity and availability of metals and metalllic nanoparticles in soils;
- Speciation of metals in soils and pore water;
- Geochemical characterization of polluted urban soils;
- Soil extraction and analyses of metals and metallic nanoparticles in soil, sediments, water and plants;
- Soil-to-plant transfer of metals and metallic nanoparticles;
- Fate and effects of agriculturally relevant materials.

2)Environmental engineering and environmental policies:
- Nano-enabled fertilizers/ pesticides and controlled release of nutrients in soils;
- Development of models for assessment of reactivity, availability and soil-to-plant transfer of metals and metallic nanoparticles;
- Development of methodologies for the development of soil quality criteria towards plant quality, feed and food safety, animal and human health protection;
- Sustainable management of urban and agricultural soils;
- Development of a contaminated land management and human exposure assessment strategies for Portugal;
- Perspectives for harmonization of soil protection policies in the European Union;
- Recovery of degraded soils;
- Recycling of biomass ash materials to soil;
- Co-valorization of biomass ash and biological sludge.

Formação (Outros)

Partipant in the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Uncertainties in Environmental Modelling and Consequences for Policy Making. Vrsar, Croatia, 30 September - 11 October 2007


Training Course on Analytical Quality Control and method validation in support of the Water Framework Directive-TAQC-WFD (supported by the TAQC-WFD Project MSCF-CT-2005-029922), Malta, September 2006
CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar - Universidade de Aveiro

Financiamento do CESAM: UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/2020 + LA/P/0094/2020

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